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My Malaysia ordeal shows how religion can fuse with populist nationalism to silence dissent

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In Malaysia, two men who identified themselves as police tried to seize my passport. Peter Bergen says his ordeal is not isolated example of religious intolerance in Muslim-majority countries. He says there is a rising global trend against dissenting and minority religious views. Bergen: Right-wing populist leaders are now ruling diverse countries, such as Turkey, Russia, Israel.

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My Malaysia ordeal shows how religion can fuse with populist nationalism to silence dissent

Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023. Zahim Mohd/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesI hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a confrontation with men who identified themselves as police in a Kuala Lumpur airport. I arrived in the Muslim-majority country in early January 2024 to promote the Malay translation of my book “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment,” an academic analysis of the political and socio…

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